TY - JOUR AU - Tall, Haoua AU - Njanpop-Lafourcade, Berthe-Marie AU - Mounkoro, Didier AU - Tidjani, Loukoumane AU - Agbenoko, Kodjo AU - Alassani, Issifou AU - Amidou, Moussa AU - Tamekloe, Stanislas AU - Laing, Kenneth AU - Witney, Adam AU - Hinds, Jason AU - van der Linden, Mark P.G. AU - Gessner, Bradford AU - Moïsi, Jennifer T1 - Identification of Streptococcus suis Meningitis through Population-Based Surveillance, Togo, 2010–2014 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2016 VL - 22 IS - 7 SP - 1262 SN - 1080-6059 AB - During 2010–2014, we enrolled 511 patients with suspected bacterial meningitis into surveillance in 2 districts of northern Togo. We identified 15 persons with Streptococcus suis infection; 10 had occupational contact with pigs, and 12 suffered neurologic sequelae. S. suis testing should be considered in rural areas of the African meningitis belt. KW - meningitis KW - zoonoses KW - Streptococcus suis KW - occupational health KW - Africa KW - Togo KW - bacteria KW - surveillance KW - Africa’s meningitis belt KW - meningitis belt DO - 10.3201/eid2207.151511 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/22/7/15-1511_article ER - End of Reference